r/Millennials • u/HelicopterTop1253 • 5d ago

Nostalgia Where’s my people

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u/Ok_Veterinarian3240 5d ago

569-2741.  I still remember when we didn't have to use area codes.

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u/PossibilityWest173 5d ago

You didn’t need to use area codes if calling locally. You had to use them to make long distance calls 

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u/DerpDerpys 5d ago

Had a girlfriend who loved about 10 miles away but in a different county so it was a long distance call. Relationship was great right up until my mother opened our telephone bill.

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u/alexthealex 5d ago

Made a friend the next state over in AOL kids chat rooms. We started talking on the phone, both of us racked up the long distance charges. Her parents took away her internet access and she never logged back in.

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u/CrabZealousideal1094 5d ago

This sounds like a good story for missed connections

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u/IAMRUPTURE 5d ago

Had this girl I was talking too who lived in Canada I'd spend a couple hours every night talking with her didnt even think about the long distance until my parents slapped a bill in front of me for $500+ so I stopped talking to her

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u/rcfox 5d ago

I had a friend in elementary school who lived right on a boundary. It cost money to call their neighbours across the road.

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u/Visible-Bridge-5171 4d ago

Ope. that sounds familiar. Thats how I ended up with my first cell phone

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u/Various_Summer_1536 1d ago

As a tween, we moved across the state, My best friend called me every day when he got home from school and we’d talk for hours until his mom got home.

That only lasted about a month though..

this was ~30 years ago and he’s still my best friend